Thames & Hudson (818 kníh )
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Lena Sjöberg Bright in the NightA beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book showing readers all the bright things that can be found in the dark of night. When night falls, everything is dark. Or is it? The moon shines with a pale light.A car drives along the street, and when its
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Corinne Alagille Brooches ENFeaturing twenty DIY projects with clearly laid-out, step-by-step instructions, this book shows readers how to create their very own bespoke brooches, from classically chic to offbeat. It demonstrates how to make brooches with everyday materials lying around in the bottom of a drawer - a scrap of fabric, a few coloured crayons, those pieces of paper that most people have carefully tucked away... Create a brooch is…
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Manfred Sellink, Ron Spronk, Sabine Pénot, Elke Oberthaler BruegelOn the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the death of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1525/30-1569) the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna is mounting the first-ever large monograph exhibition of the leading Netherlandish ...
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Michael Webb Building Community ENCities around the world are growing at unprecedented speed. From Los Angeles to Shanghai, an ever greater proportion of people live in apartments, enjoying the benefits of urban density, superior services, public transportation, and easy access to the city center and countryside. Unfortunately, many apartment buildings lack quality and character, or are ill-suited to today’s needs and lifestyles. This is the first…
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Paul Cattermole Buildings for Tomorrow ENArchitects have always dreamed of shaping the future filled with seemingly impossible structures that break with the past. Buildings for Tomorrow reviews forty such visionary projects. More than thirty architects from nineteen countries, from famous names to little-known innovators, have used the latest technological advances to bring their constructions into being, blurring the line that separates the everyday…
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Denise Lach Calligraphy and LetteringAimed at anyone wanting to learn more about the increasingly popular art of calligraphy and lettering, this practical introduction showcases many fine examples in the V&A’s collection, and will give readers a new understanding and appreciation of...
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Martin Barnes Cameraless PhotographyThe V&A Photography Library is a new series of accessible, introductory volumes to the key themes, works, objects and individuals in photography, illustrated with unprecedented access to the V&A's photography collection, the oldest held by a publi
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Oscar Riera Ojeda, Richard Meier, Jesus Aparicio Campo Baeza: Complete Works ENAlberto Campo Baeza, one of contemporary architectures most distinguished voices, is renowned for a body of work that exudes the power of radical simplicity. The clarity of architectural ideas expressed in his buildings have ranged in scale from such small but beautiful residential structures as the Turegano, Gaspar and De Blas houses, to cultural facilities such as Andalucias Museum of Memory in Granada, an…
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Shinsuke Yoshitake Can I Build Another Me? ENCan I Build Another Me? follows a child’s hilarious, wildly inventive train of thought as he decides to make a clone of himself – and starts to ponder what makes him HIM. Is it the scar on his knee or his sticky palms? Is it his love of acorns or the way he winks? The more he thinks about it, the more complicated it becomes..
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Elsa Gehin, Bernard Duisit Can You Keep a Straight Face? ENCan you keep a straight face? Straight eyebrows? Straight lips? A straight...nose? These pages are packed with interactive tabs that allow children to pull funny faces with impunity. A pop-up book with flaps to lift, tabs to pull and plenty of surprises!
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Michael Freeman Capturing the Moment ENThis is not a book about the fundamentals of shutter speed or how your camera works; it is a book that will teach photographers of all levels how to work with their cameras to capture moments whether they are occurring quickly or unfolding over many hours. Capturing the Moment is about a gesture, an expression, a ball in the net, a whale breaching, like Marilyn Monroe’s skirt flying up or Alfred Eisenstaedt’s image…
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Margaret Young-Sánchez Cartier in the 20th Century ENCreated with the expertise of Cartier Heritage, this exquisite book showcases the rich holdings of the Cartier Collection and archive. It features not only a sumptuous array of rings, bracelets, necklaces, and tiaras, but also cocktail and smoking accessories, mystery clocks, and lavish objects created by Cartier’s ateliers in Paris, London, and New York. Organized thematically, the book features magnificent jewels…
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Massimo Listi, Nicoletta Del Buono Casa Mundi ENThis spectacular book offers a scintillating, visually outstanding tour of more than 65 of the world's most fascinating houses. Massimo Listris' stunning photographs vary between sweeping panoramas of the houses in their glorious settings to close-ups of specific rooms, furniture and design details, and they span homes around the world, from India to France, from Morocco to Sweden, from the USA to the UK.…
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Bruno David Cave Art ENAn archaeological exploration of the mysterious world of cave art through the ages. Showcasing the most astounding discoveries made in the past 150 years of archaeological exploration, 'Cave Art' explores these creative achievements, from our remotest ancestors to recent times, and what they tell us about the human past and ourselves today. Deep underground, hidden from view, some of humanity’s earliest artistic…
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Brian Taylor, Kate Doody Ceramic Glazes ENA feast for the eyes, this inspiring gallery of beautiful and remarkable ceramic pieces includes work from a broad range of exceptional contemporary ceramic artists, each of whom offers an inside look at their glazing process, including their special recipes and the techniques for using them. The book is organized by temperature range, with special firing techniques for salt and wood, and sub-categorized by method…
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James Orrom Chair AnatomyChairs are the design pieces that most of us use most of the time: from offices to dining tables, from lounging to working, the importance of good chair design to our well-being cannot be underestimated....
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Chanel ENDazzling clothes, intricate accessories, beautiful models and timeless design leave no doubt as to the lasting fame and the magic of Chanel. Here the House of Chanel opens its private archives, revealing a galaxy of brilliant designs created by Coco Chanel from the 1920s onwards, and now reinterpreted to become the motifs for brand new garments, accessories and beauty products. Inspired by the legendary Chanel No 5,…
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Danièle Bott ChanelA lush visual selection from the Chanel archive―essential reading for fashionistas and design aficionados everywhere. Chanel's combination of tradition, originality, and style has always made it the most seductive ....
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Patrick Mauries, Adelia Sabatini Chanel: Catwalk ENEver since his first show for the house in 1983, Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel collections have consistently made headlines and dictated trends the world over. For the first time, every Chanel collection ever created by Lagerfeld is here gathered in a single volume - a unique opportunity to chart the development of one of the world's most influential fashion brands and discover rarely seen collections. This definitive…
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Jérôme Gautier Chanel: The Vocabulary of Style ENGabrielle Coco Chanel was, without doubt, the most influential designer of the 20th century. This book honours her influence by celebrating the key elements that defined and still define her style through inspired pairings of classic and contemporary photographs. Juxtaposing fashion plates from Chanels own time with the most recent creations by Karl Lagerfeld, such as Cecil Beaton's portrait of Coco Chanel presented…
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ShaoLan Hsueh Chineasy ENLearning Chinese is notoriously difficult and has long put off the most linguistically savvy Westerners ... until now. Breaking down the Great Wall of language, ShaoLan Hsueh has unpicked Chinese characters and created a simple system for quickly understanding the basic building blocks of the written language. Working with renowned illustrator Noma Bar, she has developed a unique set of illustrations that are…
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ShaoLan Hsueh Chineasy Everyday ENShaoLan Hsueh, a Taiwanese entrepreneur based in London, couldn't find an effective way of teaching her children Chinese, so she developed a groundbreaking visual method to make reading characters fun and easy. By learning the most commonly occurring characters the building blocks of the entire language readers of all ages can swiftly grasp basic concepts and words. Chineasy Everyday teaches over 400 of the most…
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Shaolan Chineasy Memory Game ENLearning Chinese is notoriously difficult and has long put off even the most linguistically savvy Westerners until now. ShaoLan has used her entrepreneurial and software background to unpick Chinese characters and create a simple system for quickly understanding the basic building blocks of the written language. Working with renowned illustrator Noma Bar, she has developed a unique set of illustrations that are…
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Shaolan Chineasy Notebooks ENLearning Chinese is notoriously difficult and has long put off even the most linguistically savvy Westerners until now. ShaoLan has used her entrepreneurial and software background to unpick Chinese characters and create a simple system for quickly understanding the basic building blocks of the written language. Working with renowned illustrator Noma Bar, she has developed a unique set of illustrations that are…